ITALIAN SUCCESSES ALONG THE WHOLE LINE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3172, 24 August 1917, Page 5

ITALIAN SUCCESSES ALONG THE WHOLE LINE

OVER 13,000 PRISONERS TO DATE AUSTRIAN AIRMEN OUT-MANOEUVRED (Roc. August 2J, 10.10 p.m.) London, 'August 22. An Italian official report states: "The battlo is raging along our whole front. We aro overcoming the enemy's resistance northward of Gorizia and. gaining now successes along our wholo lino of battle. Tho number of prisoners has now reached 13,311, with thirty guns and great booty. Our aeroplanes have tho mastery of the air, and bombarded troops and caused conflagrations along the enemy's lines of communication. Everywhere wo rcpuilsed attaclcs. in the Trentino and Carnia. The enemy launched a biggo rattacfc in tho Ledro Valley, but this failed after a" lively struggle."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Ee.uter. A BATTLE OF UNPRECEDENTED VIOLENCE 1 EXTRAORDINARY FEATS ON THE-ISONZO. ' A ', ( London, August 22. Tho "Daily Mail's" correspondent reports that the battle rages with unprecedented violence, and is expected to last longer than any preceding engagement. There were many thrilling and spectacular feats. A notable episode was the passage of tho Isonzo near Anhovo. Here tho river is unfordable, and runs between precipitous banks two thousand feet high, resembling-the moat of a gigantic fortress The Italians crossed the river on pontoons, then threw bndges_ across and nwnnied tho east bank, and immediately scaled tho opposite mountain, all tho while under terrific artillery fire. There was another terrible struggle for important positions at Relo and Brestovizza, which are now firmly held, and may prove tho key to Herniada-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BIG COUNTER-ATTACK HURLED BACK IN DISORDER , (Itcc. August 23, 11.30 p.m.) -London, August 22. Tho "Daily Telcraph" Roiuo correspondent states:—"The Italian attack dovolons successfully. The Austrian General, Wurm, after the first day, onCuredl to counter-attack on the Carso ] with 120 battalions; but was repulsed in disorder. Meanwhile, as the result of later operations on the Carso, the Austrian centre was broken, and the whole of tho enemy's left wing menaced. Sevoral lines of tho enemv's trenches eastward of Gorizia were destroyed. An Austrian deserter divulged the fact that a detachment of his compatriots wero hidden in a huge cavorn. Tho Italians immediately entered, and captured tho entire detachment and numerous machine-guns. Several caverns on Monte Santo and Monto San Marco collapsed, wiping out wholo battalions, lhe hglitine on Hermada Hill was terrible": Tho western counter-posts were captured 'with the bayonet.! Several'thousand additional .prisoners, mostly Slavs, are ar-riving."—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. BRITISH AND ITALIAN MONITORS IN ACTION Rome, August 22. British and Italian monitors are co-operating with the Army, and' jift'ectivcly bombarded enemy positions on tho lower Isonzo. Simultaneously Italian monitors bombed the dockyards at Trieste. Subsequently they wero unsuccessfully attacked by hostilo aircraft, one of which was brought down—Aus.-iSi./S. Cable Assn. i , AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL REPORT. London, August 22. An Austrian official communiciuo, dated August 22. reports: "South of Auzza' the enemy slightly drove in our troops. Thoy maintained their positions until they were completely surrounded, and then cnt their way out. Between Dersela and the Vippado River an attack failed. On the Curso, the enemy, at the cost of thousands of casualties, captured tho ruined village of Selo after two days of fighting. Wo have captured SCOO prisoners and fifty machine-guns."—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.-Eeuter. .„,-„- « (Rec. August 21, 0.5 a.m.) London, August 23. An Austrian official report states:—"Eastward of Canal© wo abandoned tho village of Urli. Tho enemy's attacks southward of Descla and eastward of Gorizia and Biglia failed. • The severest struggle is on the Carso Plateau. Wo undertook minor defensive retirements."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Eeuter. PREPARATIONS TO EVACUATE TRIESTE. Milan, August 22. The "Corriere della Sera" slates that the Austrians aro preparing to evacuate Trieste. All tho archives and valuables from museums, churches, and libraries have gone to Vionna. The residences of rich inhabitants'were searched for pictures and sculptures, which woro taken without giving receipts.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AUSTRIANS IN DESPERATE FOOD STRAITS. Zurich, August 22. The President of the Austrian Food Board has publicly admitted that Austria would ho in a desperate plight but for supplies from Rumania. The Hungarian crops of early potatoes failed, fodder supplies are bad, and the oat harvest very poor.—Heater.